Guardian: Prince Charles has made a strong plea for coexistence and understanding between people of different faiths, saying extremism and division are not inevitable. The prince delivered a reflection on the dire situation for Christian minorities, particularly in the Middle East where many have been forced to flee their homes, during a special […]
Caving into the demands of a terrorist front group, the City of Atlanta Detention Center in Georgia is allowing female Muslim inmates to wear a head scarf (hijab) used as a symbol of modesty in the Islamic dress code. Hats and other head covers are banned in American state and […]
Daily Times: His Highness Aga Khan-IV, the hereditary imam of the Ismaili Aga Khani community, is on a visit to Pakistan. To my mind he represents the true spirit of Islam: progress, humanity, education, and economic progress as ethical imperatives and dictates of Islamic doctrine. As a religious leader can […]
Source: BBC By Steve John Powell 9 May 2017 As the sleek shinkansen bullet train glided noiselessly into the station, I watched a strange ritual begin. During the brief stop, […]
Source: http://congojustice.org/ Congo – A call to conscience and action About The Film Millions of Congolese have lost their lives in a conflict that the United Nations describes as the deadliest in the world since World War Two. United States allies, Rwanda and Uganda, invaded in 1996 the Congo (then Zaire) and […]
Source: The Guardian By Helen Davidson Campaign plans to put up dozens of billboards across capital cities with surplus funding going to Indigenous organisations A crowdfunding campaign has raised more than […]
Source: The Express Tribune The BBC has announced plans to launch a reality TV show which will follow a group of Muslims living together. Produced by the makers of The Great […]
Tribune: When the 9/11 attacks occurred in the US, I had just begun teaching at the American University in Washington, DC as the new Chair of Islamic studies. As the scale of what had happened became apparent, I knew how important fostering dialogue and communication between Islam and other religions […]
Vatican Secret Archives Despite the church’s attempt at openness, critics say the contents aren’t accessible enough since only qualified clergy and academics are allowed inside the facility, and even those granted entry cannot view items without advanced approval. Thus, the skeptics remain, with theories ranging from the cavern hiding gospels […]
Al-Arabiya: Media reports have speculated that Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan – whose career has been marred by stories of drug use and drink driving offences – is considering whether to convert to Islam. Rumors began swirling after Lohan, 27, was pictured last year holding an English translation of the Quran. […]
Suggested Reading Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran
Source: The Daily Nebraskan The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Muslim Student Association will host “Islam 101” this week to educate students and combat Islamophobia in society. MSA began preparing for the […]
Source: The Guardian Sometimes, Mohamed Ahmed gets death threats. But that’s to be expected when you’re taking on Isis. “I say a prayer, and I hope nothing bad happens,” said […]
Source: Breitbart Brazilian officials, including President Dilma Rousseff, took to the streets on Saturday for National Day Against Zika to raise awareness about the virus and ways to prevent it. […]
A chess board and unemptied ashtrays in an abandoned house in the near-deserted and heavily bombed village of Yaroun in southern Lebanon on Monday, Aug. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) The top religious cleric in Saudi Arabia denounced the sport of chess, declaring it “a waste of time” and reiterating […]
Source: BBC In 1979, a secret memo from the tobacco industry was revealed to the public. Called the Smoking and Health Proposal, and written a decade earlier by the Brown […]
http://time.com: Harvard’s great biologist/psychologist Steven Pinker is one of my favorites, even though I’m just starting to get into his work. What makes him great is not just his rational […]
Source: WGRZ.com NIAGARA FALL, NY – A local mosque is trying to fight the misunderstandings that can lead to fear and mistrust of Islam. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on Colvin […]
Washington Post: Wheaton College, a prominent evangelical school in Illinois, has placed a professor on administrative leave after she posted on Facebook that Muslims and Christians “worship the same God.” The official school statement Tuesday about associate professor of political science Larycia Hawkins’s suspension said Wheaton professors should “engage in and […]
Source: Labradorian The Big Land has left a big impression on Fazal Malik and Abdul Qureshi. As members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community — Malik, based out of Charlottetown, PE, […]